Ouvrage Simserhof

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Ouvrage Simserhof is a major French fortification complex near Bitche in northeastern France, built in the 1930s as part of the Maginot Line and now preserved as a military museum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maginot Line ouvrage
fortification
military museum
builtBy Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées
French Army
constructionPeriod 1930s
constructionStart 1930
country France
currentUse museum
designedAs gros ouvrage
garrisonedBy French Army
hasCategory Maginot Line fortifications in Moselle
World War II museums in France
military and war museums in France
hasFeature ammunition magazines
artillery turrets
casemates
combat blocks
internal narrow‑gauge railway
power plant
underground barracks
underground galleries
hasFunction artillery support
border defense
infantry defense
hasLanguageOfSignage English
French
German
hasTouristAttraction guided underground tours
sound‑and‑light show
heritageDesignation historic military site
locatedIn Bitche
locatedInArea northeastern France
locatedInDepartment Moselle
locatedInFormerRegion Lorraine
locatedInRegion Grand Est
namedAfter Simserhof farm
near Franco‑German border
town of Bitche
openToPublic true
operator local heritage organization
partOf Fortified Sector of Rohrbach
Maginot Line
status preserved
usedInConflict Second World War

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ouvrage Simserhof ("Simserhof farm")
namedAfter
Maginot Line
significantSection

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